Sophia Peletier was killed off in The Walking Dead season two through a heart-wrenching turn of events, but the character'southward fate was much different in the comics. Madison Lintz portrayed the immature character for the offset two seasons of the AMC apocalyptic drama. The Telly show's immature female character was taken from Robert Kirkman's comic volume serial in which the show was based. Beginning in 2003, The Walking Dead comics ran for 193 issues before of a sudden coming to an stop in 2019. Interestingly enough, Sophia was the longest-surviving female person figure in the comics, but the aforementioned certainly couldn't be said for her Tv set counterpart.

Sophia made her debut in The Walking Dead's third overall episode titled "Tell It to the Frogs." She was the only child of Ed and Carol Peletier, and the trio were members of the core survivor group in the focus of the series. Sophia wasn't too devasted when her father barbarous victim to a walker considering he was an abusive monster. She felt safe with the grouping, especially with Rick Grimes and Shane Walsh in charge, but sadly, Sophia was separated from the survivors in the season ii premiere. When a horde of walkers ambushed the highway, Rick tried to hide Sophia in the forest nearby. They wouldn't find her until the midseason premiere when she was revealed to be a walker contained inside Hershel Greene's farm.

It was already a gut punch to learn that young Sophia was dead the unabridged time Ballad and the rest of the group searched for her. The fact that they had to put a bullet in her head to requite her a sense of peace was about too much to handle. The death was also a bit of a surprise to fans since Sophia was live and well in the comics at that bespeak in the series. The change of direction was an endeavour to shuffle around the story directions, veering away from the comics while bringing more than challenges to other characters. Ballad was apparently devasted every bit was Carl, Sophia's closest friend amongst the survivors. Her decease was additionally meant to hitting Rick hard because he was the leader in place to protect anybody. More importantly, Sophia'southward death gave Carol a dissimilar future in the TV prove.

Carol & Sophia Switched Roles In The Television Accommodation

In Kirkman's comics, Carol committed suicide while the survivor group was staying at the prison. Sophia, on the other hand, survived all 193 issues, becoming 1 of the fiercest survivors and the eventual wife of Carl. In the final issue, old man Carl lived with Sophia and their daughter in a world yet attempting to rebuild society. While the TV series isn't at that point yet, it did make the decision to keep Ballad effectually, seeing as she'due south only one of two original characters nevertheless around. In fact, she's expected to survive until the stop of the mothership series earlier moving to a spinoff aslope another long-fourth dimension grapheme–Daryl Dixon.

Despite the fact that Sophia'southward fate on The Walking Dead didn't match the grapheme'southward comic book storyline, the legacy of the effigy lived one. Carol used the memory of her girl every bit motivation to survive, fifty-fifty in the toughest of situations when she was ready to give up. The Lintz family as well lived on in the serial with the casting of Madison's younger brother, Macsen, in the role of Henry, kickoff in season 7 before older brother Matt, took over in season ix. Coincidentally, Henry served as the adopted son of Carol, allowing the brothers to share yet another connectedness with Madison.

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